Treatment of disseminated ocular melanoma with sequential fotemustine, interferon alpha, and interleukin 2.

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Published in Br J Cancer on October 07, 2002

Authors

J C Becker1, P Terheyden, E Kämpgen, S Wagner, C Neumann, D Schadendorf, A Steinmann, G Wittenberg, W Lieb, E-B Bröcker

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Dermatology, University of Würzburg, Germany. becker-jc.derma@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de

Associated clinical trials:

A Phase II Study of Isolated Hepatic Perfusion (IHP) in Patients With Ocular Melanoma | NCT00062933

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